Treatments for performance anxiety in musicians across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI:10.1177/03057356251322655

Thomas J Nicholl, Maree J Abbott

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Abstract

The availability of effective and timely interventions targeting the core features of debilitating performance anxiety (PA) is necessary to support musicians across the lifespan. The aim of this review was to provide an updated search of the research on treatments for PA in musicians and conduct a meta-analysis for available randomised controlled trials (RCTs). A systematic search identified 57 published articles on interventions targeting a reduction in PA symptoms in musicians. Results identified a range of intervention types, with cognitive-behavioural-based therapies most studied. Quality appraisal identified a low–moderate risk of bias, with a lack of detailed information on study design and participant awareness noted as contributors to studies falling in the moderate range. A total of 16 RCTs were included in the meta-analysis, which revealed treatment is more effective than control. Moderators of intervention delivery (individual or group) and age of participants (adolescents, college students, or a mixture of ages) were not significant. Future studies are recommended to be grounded in a theoretical model with the intervention targeting core contributing and maintaining factors, with a focus on greater methodological rigour. Comparing intervention types in future meta-analysis will aid in supporting one treatment above or equal to another.

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音乐家一生中表演焦虑的治疗：一项系统回顾和荟萃分析

针对表演焦虑（PA）的核心特征进行有效和及时的干预对于支持音乐家的整个生命周期是必要的。本综述的目的是提供音乐家PA治疗研究的最新搜索，并对可用的随机对照试验（rct）进行荟萃分析。一项系统的搜索确定了57篇发表的干预措施，旨在减少音乐家的PA症状。结果确定了一系列干预类型，以认知行为为基础的治疗方法研究最多。质量评估确定了中低偏倚风险，缺乏关于研究设计和参与者意识的详细信息，指出这些因素导致研究落在中等范围内。meta分析共纳入16项随机对照试验，结果显示治疗比对照组更有效。干预交付（个人或团体）和参与者年龄（青少年、大学生或年龄混合）的调节因子不显著。未来的研究建议以理论模型为基础，针对核心贡献和维持因素进行干预，并注重更严格的方法。在未来的荟萃分析中比较干预类型将有助于支持一种治疗优于或等于另一种治疗。

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Psychology of Music Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers working in the fields of psychology of music and music education, to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers directed at increasing the scientific understanding of any psychological aspect of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorising, analysing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies carried out in naturalistic settings, especially those which address the interface between music psychology and music education.